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Fungal Creature

CR 8.00 Plant CG Medium

Mushroom caps and mold sprout from the pallid skin of this lithe female figure, and spores waft from her fungal gills.

Description

A fungal creature is an animate plant with the appearance of a living creature. It grows from spores implanted in the dead body of a host creature, and takes on the host creature's basic form and many of that creature's abilities. It retains none of the memories of the creature it grew from, yet it instinctively knows how to use the abilities it inherited from its host. How exactly this is possible is a question that continues to befuddle scholars. The leading theory is that the spores' precise modeling of their host succeeds in capturing some of the creature's physiology—essentially copying its mind—but that for some reason the departure of the creature's spirit or soul upon death prevents the spores from copying the memories as well.

Fungal creatures are often content to sit in quiet contemplation, absorbing the nutrients they require from the life-giving earth. But when faced with living creatures, the overwhelming biological need to reproduce takes over, and the fungal creatures try to seed their spores into new hosts to spawn the next generation of fungal creatures.

Fungal creatures have the general appearance of the base creatures from which they spawned, but their skin is pale fungus rather than flesh and blood. Mushroom caps and shelf fungi sprout from a fungal creature's body, along with fungal gills to deliver the fungal creature's spores. As with many types of fungi, a fungal creature's flesh is poisonous, and any creature that ingests any part of a fungal creature's body risks infection by its spores (as described in the create spawn ability and fungal spores poison on the facing page).

The fungal nymph presented here is built using the nymph from the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary. See page 217 of the Bestiary for rules on this creature's blinding beauty, inspiration, spells, stunning glance, unearthly grace, and wild empathy abilities.

"Fungal creature" is an inherited template that can be added to any corporeal, living creature susceptible to Constitution damage (referred to hereafter as the base creature). A fungal creature uses all the base creature's statistics and special abilities except as noted here.

Ability Scores

STR

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CON

INT

WIS

CHA

Combat Stats

HP: 84 (8d8+48)
AC: 23, touch 21, flat-footed 19 (+7 deflection, +4 Dex, +2 natural)
Speed: 20 ft., swim 10 ft.
Init: +4
Melee: slam +8 (1d4+3)
BAB: +4
CMB: +8
CMD: 27
Fort: +15
Ref: +17
Will: +16
DR: 10/cold iron
Defensive Abilities: poisonous blood (DC 20)

Special Attacks

create spawn

poison spore cloud (DC 20)

stunning glance (DC 21)

Special Qualities

fungal metabolism

inspiration

rejuvenation

unearthly grace

wild empathy +21

Feats

Agile Maneuvers, Combat Casting, Self-Sufficient, Weapon Finesse

Special Abilities

Agile Maneuvers from Feat

You add your Dexterity bonus to your base attack bonus and size bonus when determining your Combat Maneuver Bonus (see Combat) instead of your Strength bonus.

Combat Casting from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on concentration checks made to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability when casting on the defensive or while grappled.

Self-Sufficient from Feat

You get a +2 bonus on all Heal checks and Survival checks. If you have 10 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +4 for that skill.

Weapon Finesse from Feat

With a light weapon, rapier, whip, or spiked chain made for a creature of your size category, you may use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on attack rolls. If you carry a shield, its armor check penalty applies to your attack rolls.

Skills

Craft (alchemy) +14, Diplomacy +18, Escape Artist +15, Heal +13, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +11, Knowledge (nature) +14, Perception +14, Sense Motive +14, Stealth +15, Survival +5, Swim +10

Spells

spell-like abilities:

1/day—Dimension Door

druid spells prepared:

4th—Command Plants, 3rd—Call Lightning, 3rd—Speak With Plants, 3rd—Spike Growth, 2nd—Chill Metal, 2nd—Flame Blade, 2nd—Resist Energy, 2nd—Summon Swarm, 1st—Entangle, 1st—Faerie Fire, 1st—Obscuring Mist, 1st—Pass Without Trace, 1st—Produce Flame, 0—Detect Magic, 0—Guidance, 0—Resistance, 0—Virtue

Details

Type: Plant
Alignment: CG
Size: Medium
Environment: any ruins or underground
Organization: solitary
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;Perception +14
Languages: Common, Sylvan, Undercommon
Source: Bestiary 4

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Knows spell: Command Plants (Spell)

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Knows spell: Call Lightning (Spell)

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Knows spell: Summon Swarm (Spell)

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Knows spell: Entangle (Spell)

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